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Kyanite cobble (left) blades (right)
GMS/DMC Field Trip
Georgia Mineral Society
Saturday, March 12, 2016
The March GMS field trip was also the March DMC field trip. GMS members were on hand to help give out goodies to field trip participants. Diana Poppelreuter baked allergy safe oatmeal cookies and brownies (yay!) and Shelley Stubbs brought a variety of nuts. We also had plenty of bananas and bottled water for everyone. Thanks to a soil analysis lab, we had over 30 buckets to give away to field trip participants too.
Close to 100 people representing 14 clubs from the Southeast gathered together to collect kyanite blades and cobbles. The kyanite at this location has a blue gray color because of graphite inclusions. Blades were weathering out all over the place and a little digging yielded many larger blades and cobbles. Some beautiful specimens went home with some happy rockhounds.
Everyone seemed pleased with their finds and enjoyed the opportunity to visit the location. Many thanks to the property owners who were extremely gracious allowing us to dig there. Thank you to all of the GMS members who came and helped make this another successful DMC field trip!
Lori Carter
On behalf of Charles Carter, GMS Field Trip Chair
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Photos by Lori Carter
Almost 100 rockhounds from 14 clubs gathered to collect kyanite!
Photos by Lori Carter
GMS members had buckets, and cookies, and brownies, and nuts, and bananas, and water for everyone
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Caroline found a nice kyanite cobble right away
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Bucket o'kyanite
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Surface collecting and digging
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Wow!
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Busy digging for kyanite
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Fresh out of the ground!
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Nice cobble with a huge blade
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Another nice specimen full of kyanite blades
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A great day to dig!
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Beautiful cobble and blades
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Geologist in training
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A boulder of blades! Note the moss. This piece was close to the surface!
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This boulder is so big it needed a rock carrier to get it out!
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Some polished blades from a prior trip
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Caroline's favorite big specimen
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Small is good too -- beautiful blade!
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